Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 291, 1 December 1907 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1907

PAGE SEVEN.

MIL'S CAUSE IFOR. THANKSGIVING.

Being a Plain Tale of the Upper and Lower Ten in New York.

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rOTTLED clouds rolled in over 1 mercilessly stripped him of what he was not the spirit in him to stand be-

tbe bay, making a gray morn-j had. Then he gave him a new start, fore her righteous indignation, lng. A slight fog was in acting on the policy that being the "Now you get out of here and never progress. It was the first victor he could afford to be merciful, come back again. Money for a dinsnow of the winter in New He simply wanted to demonstrate ner indeed: You would spend every

York and it developed different emo-. that he would stand no trifling, no cent of what I gave you within en tions. J slurs, nor anything else from a man hour. The last money you came for Ordinarily a snowfall would not de- WDO was not bigger than he. Carlton j what became of that? You said you Telop emotions. The white flakes was Pretty much of a man. , were led astray by your gang an1 woula excite comment, develop a real- Lucile had been nis secretary for speQt itIn a gln mllL That's what fwtlon that winter was at hand and about six months. One day he asked you calIed ita gln mni- Do you then go about their business of cov- her to marry nJm- she d!d not know think 1 11 give you more? Ask your ering spiendld boulevards house-tops, whether 11 was admiration of his mother I sent her .some and she did dirty streets, the parks and the entire Pwess, his dominating, masterful na- the same tning i often am glad our city. The snow makes no distinction. : ture- or other Qualities, but she could fatfcer is dead or that leavea only me But as to ransinjr riiffprpnt amotions not Eay no' So they Were married to be sorry for the mistake he made But as to causing different emotions and ghe became migtress of his magni- ln mSLTrying again -it was the morning of Thanksgiving hQme I lS"ea?f hSe to her lashes an inday, and people are more or less sus- of h . ked nothing ' "l it ? e , .,hm. o ,iih-.w ; people ne asueu noining. stant, then traced their way over her cepttble to the weather on a holiday. 0n. hft asked whether her mother v. .

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There was another brief silence and her foster mother that she would try finally Lucille, rising as if by sudden and devise some means of helping resolution, went to him. She placed them. a hand on his shoulder and looked This might seem strange, this into his eyes, sincerity evidenced in "trying to devise," for one of good

heart and well dressed, but Lucille knew, as was made apparent some

-iorougnoui mat great aisinci sweep- d , N York d with averted femr)PSt of arEPr lne un th West Sfrln nn throueh Har. ..... . .v.. v. lemPest O1 anger

faefi she told him she lived with her

iem ana crossing the river into tne Bronx, where the residents, rich and

humble, are prepared to observe the and if she loved h,m when ahe marrl.

holiday in their own way, the snow

her every action. "I don't know what to ay," she fal

tered. "I I should have told you all , time ago, that it would do little good this before, but I was afraid. I see to sow good seed oa bad ground. If now that I should have told you, for ; she furnished money she wanted that It is harder now. I am smarting with j money used to advantage, knowledge of my deceit. Her husband went with them to the "But I was also afraid. I had no one door. A glance at their faces when to advise me but my aunt, and she , they reached the street evidenced that told me to say nothing of my relatives, he had made them happy in a practiYou never asked me anyhow. cal manner. "But, Richard" here her voice vi- After Carlton returned he again brated with her sincerity, her emotion stared out over the river as he had and her truth "Richard, it was before, then, drawing Lucille to his enough to make me afraid. I loved you side- he spoke to her. so much so much. dear, that even "There may have been something

n't . -v. 1 j t . k.j i . i u .. . : , l -: . fn thn vrmnp TP Inw 5 ptpikp rT on.

aunt. This aunt he afterward met. , brother. with an injured air. "You're ; ture to me. I would have gone to vironment and circumstance," he said.

He was kindness itself to Lucille, the ony one ln the famliy who ever far greater extremes to avoid this "At any rate, we'll find out. I am go-

had a chance. I didn't have an aunt risk. I would have deceived you in ng to send him to our Lake mills.

ed him she came to love him more to go to 1Ike you? Suppose I had. more serious things. You can read j where he will have a fair position. He

Then you might be still down the Gap me. Sometimes I believed you knew , says lr ne gets tms opportunity ne

win slave to accompnsn sometning.

caused gladness. It seemed more like and more Hls footstep fnied her with

r;;". .7.7. " "T": iJ easuioauu &ue wantea nira "er on Hamilton street and I would be do- my every thought. Read me now,

u, g' lu. luo luiuc:..tt b . . . . , a the time. Still, there was a reserve infr thft flnA . an, he nn aav fltrppT Richard, and care for me the same

and made one feel like rubbing hands

with satisfaction. it would be fine to sit at the table and see the flakes scurry rast the win-

in these feelings for her husband which, when discovered by him, filled him with delight. J On this Thanksgiving day, when

dows to find a resting place in a court, Lucille was musing on things and an airshaft, a dirty street or a fine staring out at the river, she was in-

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clerk who scimped along and saved note. She read it through and went gome of R gtoIen fcy th ggng j

blue-skinned turkey for

youngsters. And it would

Xor the rich man, who ate his Thanks

giving meal with decorum, dignity and state. Even if there were not half a dozen children around the table he felt a little better than on an ordinary day. Somehow snow on Thanksgiving day

You never think of that, do you?" "You'd be what you are," she said. "You could do better if you would." "How? What do I know? Drivin

a truck that's all. When I was a i

kid I learnt to rush the can without be-! wh I bad not. told m.e

"1 would not nave mmaea, u iney had not been shiftless," she went on.

It was not a false pride, but I did

won't you. I don't dare to think of

you being angry I" "Hush, dear," he said, clasping her to his breast. "It's all right. I knew when I overheard your conversation

his hungry . wer, when, deciding otherwise, she how t wrastle boxes and thlnes and not want you to know where 1 came be fine, too, ; told the servant to admit the writer, , ? T" anl J " "? from. My mother died when I was

to tell me that I had an equal chance?

who was waiting in the hallway. I She was still seated at the table, the dirty piece of paper covered with

scrawling writing in her hand, when a

but a month old and father married

He'll leave all the drags of the old life behind. His mother and the boys go with him. They will get a schooling." Lucille glanced at him, tears of gratefulness in her eyes. "How good you are," she said, softly, hanging on each word. "And there's something else," continued her husband. "I'm going to have a clearing myself. Lucille, I was once in the same position as your

brother I drove a truck in one of the

mills I now control. Can you believe

that? And as to my people I never

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T, j ... ... . .... as sin. When he died I went with

. " mv aunt, his sister. I could not live knew them verv well. I was booted

with my foster mother and her child-1 out of the house one winter night and

young man, florid of face, poorly "Ztl .V T . ren longer- Somehow 1 could not had to shift for myself ever Bince I a...a v-.., . . dinner Thanksgivin? Hell of a lot v, unrtarntan whati ,

u,c"cu uu ,m,1"B miuseuicr uie up- wo . ,a u1,i """lv"w ..&w was av J

pearance of what he was-a shiftless , v" ILr ;! '"V. 1 mean

though. I want to know whether

we're goin' to have this Thanksgiving

You do the thankin' for the family,'

"What's the difficulty?"

The voice was that of Lucille's hus-

atops the eternal grind for a little j trucKman entered. He stood at the while and stirs a long-aeo memory door, shifting his weight from one

the delight of a boy or girl who sees ! foot to the other and acrowling. Lu-; bandqulet, firm and gentle, as it al-

omy iun, not Knowing wny m com ( 'V.T!,, V' ., T ways was in the house. He had come

winds and whirling nakes. But down through the East Side, where buildings are tall so as to hide misery; where hallways are dark, so that poor folk passing one another,

Well, Tom.1 she said, "I see you hnmn 11TlfvnoMo,1!v QnH no mtmnAlrt

nvp hmiTifl in maua mo unliatinv Hit ... ... .

down."

in the doorway. Lucille clasped her

hands to her breast. There was a look

of alarm in her eyes, and a startled

The man scrowled again.

"I don't want to sit down in your ! rv oanf,A hfir nH Mor

will not become too well acquainted, ! 5?U8e' hf his voice hoarse and Rtarted back and hIs eyea shJfted uer.

U"W,U4U;' 1 Juot tu rtl,uw vouslj'. He could not look Carlton in

wnai you re goiiiK in ao aooui mat : tjjg face.

piece or paper wnat I say goes. Lucille glanced at the paper again

for to be acquainted and friendly meanB that coal and bread will be borrowedit is different. East Side people are not opposed to tending a little coal or a loaf of bread, but many of them cannot afford it. There are tens of thousands on the East Side who get along first rate and never feel hunger and there are tens of thousands who do not get along it all and who are well acquainted with a hunger rumble and oread line. These people look on the first snow from a different standpoint. There are emotions of apprehension. Holes in shoes, empty coal bin, empty cupboard, empty pocket3, pinched-faced children these crowd quickly on the mind. They would not follow so fast if the first snow were on an ordinary day but on Thanksgiving Day there is a contrast The mind wants to jerk away from reality and fool the poor, unfortunate rabble with visions of a smoking turkey. Even the children who never ate from a smoking turkey In their lives think about them, for in the schools the teachers read Thanksgiving Day stories to them. They describe the deep red color of cranberry sauce and the merry shouts about grandmother's table, and all that sort of thing. Confound some of the unthinking or inexperienced teachers and the cheap story books with their pictures and their vision-creating powers over the minds of the young! It would be better not to know these things unless there is a possibility of realizing them. All this Is part of this story, Just as much as what follows, . for it ran through the mind of a beautiful woman who, seated at the window of a palatial apartment house on Riverside drive, looked into the fog rising from ' the Hudson, on past the spare of several ships riding at anchor and into the gray mist over the palisades. She was young, tall and beautiful,

this pensive woman. She seemed moulded for the luxurious settings of

the room and for the refinement that was evidenced in the drawing room. Her white brow shaped Itself Into a frown as her moods changed, and the intense lines forming and disappearing about her mouth showed plainly she did not welcome some of her thoughts. Some people would have called Lucille Carlton a fortunate young woman. She had beauty, a magnifiicent home, the opportunities of travel and everything that goes with the adoration of a rich husband. She had been a stenographer ln Wchard Carlton's office three years ago. She did her work well and conscientiously. Her beauty and sweetness of manner had often attracted the attention of the clerks and under officials in the office, but she never failed to remind them, with her demeanor, that she was in the office as a stenographer and had no time for light conversation. One time an under official of the company, in asking her to take dictation of a letter, called her "girlie", She rebuked him, quietly but none the less firmly. Richard Carlton, the head of the concern and a man of great import

ance in the financial world, heard the rebuke. He called his subordinate aside and added a reprimand to the . girls rebuke. He became interested in Lucile and j promised her the. position of being his j tecretary. , The under official remark-! ed to one of his friends that Carlton j wanted her for himself. The friend, ! as Is usually done these days, told Carlton. He called the under official

to him once more. "If I'd fight you for that slur." he said, quietly, "the thing would get into the papers and there would be no nd of gossip. I've decided to break you Instead.", And he did. He drove that under official into a financial hole, where he

Lucille looked steadily at her husband. Something swelled in her

Her features took on a look of scorn, throat. There was a mist before her of anger and yet there was a touch of eyes and then, the storm broke and sadness and weariness. she sank into a chair, resting her arms "I see," she said, finally. "It's the ' and her head on a table. There she old story. Some people would call sobbed violently. Her husband qulckthls blackmail." . . i iv crossed tha room and stroked her

often felt pity for them I do

yet. It was as Tom said, just before you spoke. There was no chance for

He was silent for a time and then

resumed. "I am glad this came about today. I

wouldn't have cared who you were.

him or any of the others. He was in Lucille, for you are too Important a

the rut in a slough of environment, part cf my jjfe to be left out. But without the strength to puil out. He we're Dn the level, now you and I.

has been here several times before and

I have given him money, but today I would not I could not." She led him to a window seat and there she continued her story, sometimes excusing her relatives for their short-comings and blaming death, eftcumstances and conditions for their stunted characters, and sometimes blaming them. She told him how thankful she was that she had been taken "out of the rut" and tnat this circumstance led her to him. After 6he ceased talking he kissed her and they

That's the good thing. We know each other and we've got each other and that's all that matters. "I'm the most thankful man in the world," he said, as he clasped her closely. "You're goodgood," she sighed, like a happy, tired child.

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Tt ain't blackmail " retorted the head, like he would a child's. After both were calm.

man. "It's only what's right. Here awhile she calmed, looked up timidly it's Thanksgiving day. You got ev- j and attempted to speak, erything you want while mother and , "Never mind," he said quietly, T the kids and me has nothing. What j heard most of what you said and the

rest I can surmise. It's all right." All right? Heavens, what a relief! How quickly her fears melted! Fears?

kind of a sister are you?''

"Close the door,"' said Lucille. "I told you before that there Is danger

of the servants overhearing you. Now Yes, that was the word. She feared you want money for a dinner tur- more than she would for her life. She key? Why don't you tell the truth could stand anything, everything but

and admit that you want money for scorn from her husband anger from

something else?

"I ain't lyln." I W3nt money for a dinner. Me and mother and the kids." "Principally me," she said scornfully. "You want money for the saloon for drink, that's all.' "Oh," said the man, who it was now apparent "was her brother; "Oh! GO that's it. eh? PrearhJn'? XT.r

don't try that on. I made plain what fome back " Jf addet1, '

we wanted."

"I haven't any money," she said. "I can get It only from Mr. Carlton." "Well, you have something as good. Let's have that ring." pointing to an emerald on her finger. "I'll not." she said firmly. Then rising, trembling with anger, she walked close to him. "I'm glad you're only -a half-brother of mine," she cried. "I'm glad j-or.r mother is not mine, and Tm sorry and always will be that there is any blood tie at all. You're a loafer, a good-for-nothing a blackmailer, do you hear!" He shrank back from her. for

him.

Carlton turned to her brother, who still was standing uneasily and looking from one to the other embarrassed.

I "You go down to your home," he j said, tendering him a bill. "Bring i your mother and the children here. They will have their Th "ksgiving j dinner with us. And you

t him 3t trif-

rough and insolent as he was there them

in a manne&vthat warnc.

ling. There was a long period of silence after Tom had departed. Carlton looked out the window and Lucile, utterly miserable, glanced at him from time to time. Finally she could keep silent no longer. "What will people say?" she ventured. "We don't care," he said, turning toward her. "Let them say as they like. We can have whom we like to dinner." "But your friends, who were to be here?"

"They can stop away. Ill phone

That afternoon Tom returned and

with aim were his mother and his younger brothers, one 8, the other 10 years old. His mother was typically East Side, and in thus describing he, her dress, manner and facial evidences of life are considered. The boys were sturdy little chaps, who knew more of the streets than a home. They were toughened by newsboy life and the bumpings of Park Row competition in newspaper sales. They had their Thanksgiving dinner. It was a strange one. of course, lacking in the spirit such r nt should have. There was little t;. . and what there was held no interest. The boys were shy at first, but finally ate ravenously. One of them, unable to resist the effect of habit, tried to smuggle a napkin into his pocket, and Tom kicked him under the table. There was wine, and Tom, after having two glasses, looked several times with significance at the decanter. The expected invitation for a third glass was given. It was a cold dinner, figuratively speaking, as cold as the snow which still sullenly swirled past the window. It seemed an eternity to Lucille and it seemed long to everyone there, but at last the dinner was finished. Carlton took Tom into another room and they talked at some length. When they reappeared Tom's mother and the boys were ready to depart. They stammered their thanks, and Lucille, kindness uppermost, took most gracious leave of them. She whispered to

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